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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Mile End 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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9 NOVEMBER, 1892.
| Districts. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1. | No. 2. | No. a. | Total. | |
| Workshops inspected | 0 | 7 | 9 | l6 |
| „ measured | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ re-inspected | 0 | 0 | 48 | . 48 |
| Notices served for sanitary amendments | 54 | 91 | 135 | 280 |
| Notices served re infectious diseases | 18 | 17 | 8 | 43 |
| Drains tested | 0 | / 12 | 7 | 19 |
| „ found defective | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| „ cleansed and repaired | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| „ properly trapped | 21 | 57 | 91 | 169 |
| „ reconstructed | 8 | 9 | 2 | 19 |
| Closets (new) provided | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Closet pans and traps provided | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Water-supplies provided to closets | 0 | 11 | 21 | 32 |
| Water-supplies for domestic purposes disconnected from those used for flushing closets | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| Waste pipes of sinks disconnected from direct communication with drains | 14 | 9 | 16 | 39 |
| Rain-water-pipes ditto ditto | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| Houses cleansed | 2 | 15 | 9 | 26 |
| Yards paved or paving repaired | 0 | 21 | 24 | 45 |
| Ashpits provided or repaired | 0 | 48 | 42 | 90 |
| Miscellaneous repairs— | ||||
| Roofs, gutters, &c | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| Occupation of underground rooms discontinued | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Signed
t. j. smith.
alfred druitt.
wm. catmur.
alfred lloyd.
Moved by Mr. T. J. Smith seconded by Mr. Burge and resolved
—That the Report be received.
Moved by Mr. T. J. Smith seconded by Mr. E. Kemp and
resolved—That the Report be adopted, and it was resolved
accordingly.
IX. The Clerk submitted notices (in addition to those referred
to in the No. 3 Committee's Report) from the Medical Officer
of Health and Sanitary Inspectors, complaining ot nuisances
caused by stopped drains at Nos. 44, 48, Brantridge Stieet,
and 5, Exmouth Court; and by detective drains at Nos. 1, 3,
5, 9, 11, 13, Grosvenor Street; 15, 17,Bromhead Street;
Settles Street; and 1, Lindley Street.